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cynicalsecurity[dead post] ◴[] No.40214106[source]
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triceratops ◴[] No.40214252[source]
> A safe, productive and prosperous society cannot be built by drug addicts.

Historian Niall Ferguson has argued that the British Empire was built on a collective caffeine and sugar high, from imported tea and cane sugar from its colonies and trading partners.

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sorwin ◴[] No.40219278[source]
Neither sugar nor caffeine has the same effects as drugs like alcohol and marijuana. It's pretty asinine to classify them as even being in the same category.
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1. triceratops ◴[] No.40222431[source]
Are you suggesting the British didn't have alcohol during their empire building phase?